What a headache
An undercover officer tried to pull into parking space but had to wait a few seconds while the passenger of a car shut his door. When he did, he threw two pieces of trash on the ground, which turned out to be headache powder.
The officer spoke to the man about dropping the paper on the ground. At first he denied it and said they were already there.
The officer explained to him that he watched him toss the wrappers and that this was littering.
The man responded, “you’re right. You’re right. I just want to do whatever I need to do to get out of here.”
The man sought a way out of the situation by becoming the most cooperative person he could be.
He reassured the cop that he knew the officers “had a job to do.”
Then he tried to spin the conversation by telling the officer  he thought the cop was some pervert checking out his girl and that he was going to have to fight and kick some tail.
The officer explained that while he was in plain clothes, he still presented his badge and credentials and made it perfectly clear he was an officer.
Then the man tried to placate the officer and said that as a former police officer he totally understood.
He was given a ticket for littering and verbally warned about his attitude. He was told that littering was not going to be overlooked by any officer.
He promised to be in court because he pretty much makes his own schedule he informed the officer.

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Looking for scraps
An officer saw a man rifling through bags of donated clothing outside of a local thrift store.
When the man looked up and saw the officer, he took off.
The officer demanded that he come back, and he did, explaining that he was “just looking for things.”
The man handed over his ID when asked and said he was coming from a nearby hotel where he works.
The officer spotted a large bag full of various items. The man said it belonged to him and the officer could look inside.
He found a marker set, a purse and some other things.
This scavenger told the officer he found all the items in the dumpster, not the donation drop off spot by the store.
On the man’s back was a book bag and inside was a sander. The officer asked him if he could look at the serial number to make sure it was not stolen.
It had been reported as stolen, although the man said it was his and used it at work at the hotel.
The officer gave him another chance to come clean, and this time he said he found it in the garbage can.
Finally, after running out of excuses, he said he didn’t know where he got the sander.
Because he could not give the officer a straight answer, he was placed under arrest for petit larceny.

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Play that funky music
There’s always going to be some annoying neighbor that thinks the entire apartment complex wants to sing along to their music with them. In fact when they get complaints they likely tell themselves that people just don’t appreciate good music anymore.
Well, one man in a local complex wasn’t going to take it any longer.
He marched over to his annoying neighbor’s apartment, pounded on her door and demanded she turn her music down.
He insisted  she open the door and come outside.
She was so fearful, she called police.
She told the officer this man knows what kind of car she drives and when she comes and goes.
Officers spoke with the man who was complaining about the music.
 He said her music has been turned up very loud on several occasions and there is always trash outside her door. He said he had been drinking and became agitated when he heard her music blaring.
He went on to add that he is trying to sell his place but with the loud music and trash left outside of her door he is having a hard time getting a buyer.
The girl agreed to turn the music down.

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Robbing the cradle
A mother came home to find her 16-year-old daughter in bed with a 20-year-old man. She was fully clothed but this loser had his shirt off.
The mother kicked this low life out.
Her daughter said they were just friends and when he came over she invited him inside. She said they were simply watching television.
This man, who obviously doesn't have a lot going for him if he’s hanging out with a 16- year-old, has been told never to come to the house before.
However, since he did not heed that warning, the mother called police to have him placed on trespass notice.
The officer spoke with the him and explained the trespass notice.
It turns out, he understood it clearly, as he admitted to the officer that he is on trespass notice at several locations in the area.
The man is also homeless and would not provide officers with an address as to where he was staying.

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Honesty is the best policy
An officer watched a female driver swerve from side to side in her traveling lane then make a right hand turn on a red light without even tapping her brakes. Fortunately she was driving only 25 mph in a 45 mph zone.
However this was a huge red flag for the officer who suspected her of drunk driving.
The car also drove up on the curb as it made the turn,  stopped for a second and drove on.
At this point the officer was able to get the driver to pull over, but not before she stopped, and then sped up to 5 mph.
The officer had to tell her where to pull over.
When she made a left into a nearby shopping center, she almost struck a mini van.
Once stopped the officer had to ask her to put the car in park. She shifted to park, shifted back to drive and then into park again.
The officer asked several times for her vehicular documents and she finally handed over her license.
Then, she asked repeatedly what else he wanted, but she had no luck finding the documents.
She finally told the officer he could look for them because she could not find them.
She was asked to get out of the car and grabbed for the door so as not to fall.
When asked to do some field sobriety tests she refused and said, “no I better not.”
She was arrested based on her driving and the smell of alcohol pouring out of her mouth.
She said she understood her rights and knew she was being arrested for drinking and driving.
On the way to the station she announced, “I should have stayed home. I should not have been driving.”
When asked where she was driving to she admitted, “to the store to get more wine.”
While she did not think it beneficial to perform any field sobriety tests, she did blow and registered a .21%

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I’m invisible
A concerned citizen called police because a man was trying to stumble his way home and was quite obviously drunk.
An officer responded to the area to look for the man and quickly spotted him trying to hide behind a stop sign.
Keep in mind this is a 185 pound man who thought he would be invisible behind a stop sign.
The officer got word from another cop that they had just met with this same man at a nearby bar and told him to get a safe ride home. Apparently that didn’t happen which resulted in this meeting.
The man was being difficult and even stared down the officer.
Based on his behavior, he was arrested for public drunkenness.
On the way to the jail he told the officer he was in town because his mother was dying of cancer, and that he would be suing the officer and taking the story to the New York Times.
The “I sued a cop” story never materialized, but this man has officially received his five minutes of fame in the Moultrie News.

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The long road home
A Park West man and his girlfriend got into a little tiff one night at a bar on Hwy. 17. He decided to walk home from the bar. By the time he got there, he was exhausted.
To make matters worse, his live-in girlfriend had locked him out of his house.
He forced his way in and went upstairs to the bedroom. Then his girlfriend walks in the bedroom and whacks him across the face.
Of course by the time officers arrived, the girlfriend denied hitting him and the boyfriend did not want to press charges.
Both agreed that the whole argument was out of context for them and the officers left them to make up.

(The Police Blotter is intended to be a humorous column written from police reports obtained from the Mount Pleasant Police Department. Many of the stories come from the initial incident reports and, occasionally, supplemental reports. Generally, cases have not been adjudicated at the time of publication. See more columns at www.moultrienews.com.)